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does this mean "I dont want to go to bed early"?
我不待不早点睡觉
please explain 不待不, I am confused.
thank you : )
does this mean "I dont want to go to bed early"?
我不待不早点睡觉
please explain 不待不, I am confused.
thank you : )
我不待不早点睡觉
please explain 不待不, I am confused.
thank you : )
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
不得不bù dé bù
have no choice but to ; have to
With a typhoon approaching, we have no choice but to cancel the trip.
由於颱風來臨，我們不得不取消這次旅行
We didn't want to go but we had to.
我們不想去，但我們不得不去
I cannot but admire his courage.
我不得不佩服他的勇氣
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
不得不bù dé bù
have no choice but to ; have to
With a typhoon approaching, we have no choice but to cancel the trip.
由於颱風來臨，我們不得不取消這次旅行
We didn't want to go but we had to.
我們不想去，但我們不得不去
I cannot but admire his courage.
我不得不佩服他的勇氣
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- Vietnamese
- Vietnamese
@hipo777 one more question: does native speakers pronounce 不得不 as bu dui bu? or just bu de bu? Google translate gave me bu dui bu ...
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@anhthewindow
My google translate is "bù dé bù", maybe your translation is "對不對"
對不對 duì bù duì =>Is it right? Right or wrong?
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
@anhthewindow
Only "bù dé bù", but 得 has other pronunciation in different places.
http://chinese-at-ease.com/how-to-use-de/
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i see. that completely answered my question. thank you :)
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